The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1887-11-10
RAILROAD RULE.
WHY THE EAST AND WEST CAN
NOT TRADE TOGETHER.

An item appeared in the Sunday s
issue Of our esteemed c0temporary the
Newborn Journal, under the above
heading, which for It's Importance, we
give below in fall
; "a merchant in Newbern received
from Salem, n. c., few days ago
two barrels Of common clay pipes, the
freight on which was 81 80 per barrel
The freight on the same from Balti-
more, nearly three times the distance,
would have been teceaty cents per bar
rel
We call the Governors attention
to this little matter to further satisfy
him If possible that the great railroad
corporations doing business in this
State have "divided the empire and
in the terms Of division it has been de-
creed that there shall be no traffic be-
treen the people east Of Goldsboro aud
those west Of that point All commu-
ni5v Of interest is destroyed and we
are forced to 90 North for even cIay
| pipes when they are made IN cur own
State.
Ncwbara with her cheap vat +
routes ought to supply a large portion
o. eustern ana middle n. G. with their
heavy groceries. and would % it bus
for The railroad carporations who are
interested IN building up other points.
We sought to free ourselves from
such influences ~ q connection with
the O. I. q Y " r. r, but the Cos
ernor prefers 70 foster the interests Of
those who pPpress us
Let us appeal to the next General
! Assembly 10 accept the proposition Of
the .. F. q Y, Y. to buy the a & n.
c. r. r."
I is from no antaeonism to Coz.
Scales, that we reprint this article, nor
DO We believe that it was conceived in
such antagorism. We, especially the
writer, have always been warm admir-
ers ofGov. Scales, and have ALWAYS
given him hearty and loyal support
We have heard a gentleman Of
! Newbern, one whose every instinct
and interest wouId incline him to be
favorable to Gov. Scales, say that
Gov. Scales was cing imposed upon,
that he had been prejudiced by inter
ested parties, not onl y against the in
terest Of the section through which
the 4. & n G. r. r. runs, but against
the people Of that section as we'll.
This too, before even he had made
known his decision in the matter of
the extension.
This is grievous charge to be made
against the Chief Executive ola great
State by a personal and polite al
friend. We say greiyous, because it
is crime in public man to be igno-
rant Of the interest committed to his
care, and none but the ignorant are
preiudiced.
The Governor could, and we be-
lieve should have given his consent
that the the managers might try to
float the bonds Of the A. 81 G, r. r.,
for the purpose Of making the extern
sion. They could only have failed if
he had consented. In case of failure
we would have been as we'll off as nov
and in case Of success we would have
had what the hearts of this people
yearn for, what they demand, and
what the interest Of all parts of the
State dictate.
The story of the pipes is only one Of
q thousand. No man who lives in
Eastern North Carolina knows how
an apple grown in Western North
Carolina tastes, unless after climbing
the mountains he has climbed the
tree and plucked the, to us, forbidden
fruit This too, from the simple fact
that barrel Of apples could be ship
ped from the extreme North for
much less than it could be shipped
from Western North Carolina
The interest Of any State is, that her
people should be united by the ind;s-
s9lJable bonds Of commerce.; bat Z.
long IS this il famous railroad tariff i
allowed to tend VS. a barrier, more
impossible than tie Blue Ride be
tween Eastern and Western North
, Carolina. there may be the form, bl;
nonc Of the spirit, funi0a exists be
tween Us.
The Governor would have Is wal
until the II. G. r. r., reverts to The
State, and then, and not till then, car
the Last and West trade with eaci
, other Would he have us lie supine
ly upon our backs until our enemy
has bound us hand and toct ~
Within the next twelve years
} those who oppose our interests in fay
or Of Richmond and other places out
side Of our State, will have worn the
) channels Of trade so deep and the chr
/ rent will be running So strong an6
: rapid in that direction, that we might
j as we'll attempt to ''dam the Nile Will
Q buirushes' as to turn it into its natur-
al, proper and legitimate channel.
= ''The rock ribbed and everlastin;
5 hills we're never SO firm and immov
able, as viii be the barriers raised to
+ and impediments thrown in the wa,
9 Of commence between Eastern an(
: Western North Carolina by thes
same Interested parties during the ex
istance of the lease of the n. G. r. +
to the r. d d.
n There may be those who think thi
r will be all right and that if the Ne
Il Berne people can buy pipes cheape
4 from the North, than they can fror
: Western North Carolina, let theI
II buy them North; and ON the sam
principle, let US remain ignorant of tt